1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
NA
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali Language
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
3.2 Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA7,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
50.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available